Quote from: Ronpur50 on 07/06/2017 12:27 amQuote from: cppetrie on 07/05/2017 11:46 pmWas I the only one whose heart was absolutely thumping as we crossed T-10 seconds through until the booster was several kilometers up? I mean, launches normally get the old heart rate up, but this was more than usual given the circumstances.Nope! I went "YESSS!!" when it got to T-8!The countdown announcer got caught up, too.He completely choked on 10-9-8-7-and 6.
Quote from: cppetrie on 07/05/2017 11:46 pmWas I the only one whose heart was absolutely thumping as we crossed T-10 seconds through until the booster was several kilometers up? I mean, launches normally get the old heart rate up, but this was more than usual given the circumstances.Nope! I went "YESSS!!" when it got to T-8!
Was I the only one whose heart was absolutely thumping as we crossed T-10 seconds through until the booster was several kilometers up? I mean, launches normally get the old heart rate up, but this was more than usual given the circumstances.
Thanks to Steven and the two Chrises (Chrisia? Chrisium?) for the excellent coverage as always.Congratulations to SpaceX on this astounding pace.Commiserations to Pad X.I can't believe we have to wait a whole 35 days now for the next one..
Quote from: envy887 on 07/05/2017 10:28 pmWait, why is there a discussion of Shuttle tiles in a thread about SpaceX and it's competition?The same reason that SpaceX shows up in a discussion of a ham sandwich on these fora?
Wait, why is there a discussion of Shuttle tiles in a thread about SpaceX and it's competition?
From another thread:Quote from: laszlo on 07/06/2017 01:23 amQuote from: envy887 on 07/05/2017 10:28 pmWait, why is there a discussion of Shuttle tiles in a thread about SpaceX and it's competition?The same reason that SpaceX shows up in a discussion of a ham sandwich on these fora? Well, that's not completely preposterous. Of course, it was a corned beef sandwich on Gemini 3, but given a half century of progress in lunch vehicles, shouldn't SpaceX be able to develop a space-rated ham sandwich to replace the crummy old space lunch vehicles?
Quote from: TripD on 07/05/2017 11:25 pmQuoteLeo has come by to watch the launch with me. :-)Cool name for a cat! Leo was found in a pipe at my brothers worksite with some other kittens. With his tortoise shell colour and his "underground" origin, I named him Leonardo after one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! The other kittens found good homes elsewhere.
QuoteLeo has come by to watch the launch with me. :-)Cool name for a cat!
Leo has come by to watch the launch with me. :-)
In my house every time they say Nominal I hear the muppets singing a song MANAMAMA
Unless it is on fire it is a software problem.
Quote from: AncientU on 07/06/2017 12:31 amThe countdown announcer got caught up, too.He completely choked on 10-9-8-7-and 6. That gave me a serious WTF? moment. The clock is moving, but where's the countdown?I don't care what anyone says. SpaceX launches are never boring to me.
The countdown announcer got caught up, too.He completely choked on 10-9-8-7-and 6.
Quote from: rickl on 07/06/2017 06:49 amQuote from: AncientU on 07/06/2017 12:31 amThe countdown announcer got caught up, too.He completely choked on 10-9-8-7-and 6. That gave me a serious WTF? moment. The clock is moving, but where's the countdown?I don't care what anyone says. SpaceX launches are never boring to me.I put that down to superstition, rather than choking. "I've said T-10 twice, and it's aborted twice. Not doing it again."
I think the new grid fins are frakked about being left off the Intelsat35e flight.Now they've gone all Cyberdyne Systems on us.I think they're not actually titanium at all, but really a mimetic polyalloy. Liquid metal.
Doesn't that stuff have a much lower melting point than titanium?
Quote from: gongora on 07/07/2017 02:19 pmDoesn't that stuff have a much lower melting point than titanium? Only if it wants to
Well, that's not completely preposterous. Of course, it was a corned beef sandwich on Gemini 3, but given a half century of progress in lunch vehicles, shouldn't SpaceX be able to develop a space-rated ham sandwich to replace the crummy old space lunch vehicles?
(Edit ... not my best somebody has to do better please)